This facility only houses the wine. The cave provides the perfect temperature for storing the millions of bottles of wine. The Bouchard family owns many vineyards all over France.
The grounds as you can imagine are beautiful.
Just one of many Bouchard family homes.
The Family Crest.
After tasting 6 very nice wines at 10:00 am we are ready for lunch. Daphne recommend Le Belena. Escargot is the speciality for this region so once again several of us ordered escargot and it was delicious.
Not only did we see all the beautiful fall colors, but these mums were breath taking and everywhere.
After lunch we visited the Hospice de Beaaune Hotel-Dieu. Probably the most famous building and history in Beaune. Used as a hospital for the poor during the middle ages. Very happy the medical profession has improved so much.
Time for more wine tasting. However the quality is not the same, but neither was the quantity. We tasted 15 wines here. Probably the first time I've every poured out wine. It was fun. This is the same place the Ingles, Platts, Reeds visited 11 years ago. We have heard stories about that trip!
They have barrels stored here instead of wine bottles.
Happy campers to find a bench to sit and relax.
On our way back to the villa we stopped at L'Oree du Bois for dinner. The restaurant is owned by Steven who is the brother of Katherine Frelon, the owner of the villa. Some of us had escargot again and crepes. We were all quite tired and full by the time we arrived back at the villa. It was a long fun day.
Another great day... where are all the other people where you guys the only ones in France? HE HE HE
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